Small Ship Big Bounties II - Elite Dangerous Small Viper Combat Tips

[@VindicatorJones]

Well, that was a blast! And yes, before you comment, my pip control was sloppy, my FAOFF was abysmal and I had the concentration levels of a 5 year old hopped up on red cordial... So learn from my mistakes and maybe get a few tips along the way.

[@marksmith9369]

I'll see your Viper and raise you an Eagle against deadly and above Conda. Have fun!

[@LordRenegrade]

Your build could use some tweaking. Switching out the high performance drive for just a plain A-rated drive gives another 3 degrees/sec pitch and almost 30 m/s speed, and dropping the 0A scanner down to like 0C or 0D really reduces the power draw while maintaining 2500m (0D) scanning range. The reduced power could let you drop the monstered from the reactor and drop the overcharge a bit, resulting in much better heat characteristics for the ship as a whole.
If you look at the performance curves in coriolis, you'll see that the high performance drives are really only better if you're BELOW optimal mass, and you're actually somewhat over it..
I don't know why FD made scanners so expensive to run. They already have the opportunity cost of not being a shield booster, chaff, or point defense, so they don't really need additional suckage in the form of insane power consumption added on top :C

[@Napoleonic_S]

Hey where did this guy gone to? Why he stopped making content?

[@Hole_In_Head]

If you want to boost but avoid overshooting, you can hit boost, then drop landing gear or cargo hatch. It will cap your max speed, giving you the maneuverability boost without getting your velocity too high. Just remember to retract after.

[@madrax5733]

If you use the cargo hatch (we call it scoop boosting) you can bind the cargo hatch to hold rather than toggle. It means you can feather the use of it to give a finer control.

[@Hole_In_Head]

@@madrax5733 Ha, nice. Hadn't thought of that. Happen to have both gear and scoop easily toggled on the HOTAS, but that'd be a good way to keep control and not forget to retract. :)

[@kivitelezo]

"If I can do it anyone can do it" ...I would belive that if I wouldn't follow your chanel for years now! :D Thanks for the Masterclass!

[@Deadlift321]

This... I keep thinking: what witchcraft keeps him in that position, constantly

[@VindicatorJones]

Honestly, its just lots of practice.... and a good helping of luck! lol

[@Krosis_]

Dunning-Kruger much? :P

[@negativegaming1337]

This was great. I've been running the Alliance Chieftan, and recently it's big brother the Challenger, and all of this can be applied to their use as well! I love seeing someone who is competent, but not perfect. Sometimes seeing the mistakes are more important than seeing what's done right.

[@VindicatorJones]

There is one thing I have always been committed to, and thats showing a true representation of combat.. Not selected perfect cuts, but also my screw ups. Combat is messsy, and no one is perfect, making mistakes is how people learn, and even after 6000 hours in ED, I am still learning. To show only my perfect "kills" I think is disingenuous... I am not here to say hey, look how good I am.. I want people to learn with me, through my victories and defeats.

[@DeusEx2027]

blimey, it's been a while.
good to hear from you again.

[@VindicatorJones]

I have been releasing content for a few weeks now... maybe hit the bell if your not getting notifications :)

[@DeusEx2027]

@@VindicatorJones yes, i have the bell on but my notifications been so cluttered i didn't see anything , but yea i checked channel and seen your video from like a week ago, if anything it's on me i should pay more attention.

[@deviousg123]

I have been out and about in my FDL recently trying to learn how to fly and dogfight properly. This is great stuff, subscribed!

[@washedup_adventurer]

bruh, I went back to my imperial courier, my first love in elite dangerous, to try these moves after watching your video. I remember the days when this was tactic was viable. It was the only way I ever survived anything as a lowly bounty hunter. But it just doesn't work anymore on a consistent basis. I find more wings than before. I find far more FA-off enemies that flip in front of you. And with the changes to engineering, small hardpoints aren't as effective. And try taking this tactic out of rings and into conflict zones. To not be only negative, I find being fast more helpful than out-turning these days. Long-range or overcharged weapons and "booming and zooming" works well. And it feels like you're pushing your craft to its absolute limit. Which is super satisfying. One reason why riding midsize and small cc motorcycles is so fun, you always feel like you blazing around.

[@DarthWall275]

The Courier is disgustingly OP for what it is, TBH.

[@doommaker4000]

@@DarthWall275 I had to collect my jaw from the ground when I saw those shields. You could mistake it for a medium ship!

[@Josh-bb3xi]

my courier's been swinging thermal vent beams and a multicannon. It shreds pirates and cz hull tanks. With the right engineering, three pips is enough to sustain dual bent beams for more than is practical and realistically two is good enough.

[@micahjones7837]

Definitely the most helpful part of this for me was seeing how you fought to get out of jousting and get your position back, I really struggle with that. Thanks for leaving your mistakes in!

[@edmartin875]

Fantastic dogfighting. I haven't watched any ED vids lately and everything has changed while I was gone. This was very enjoyable. Well Done.

[@dragonwithamonocle]

Someone once told me "you can't treat this game like a WWII flight sim. If you're expecting to stay on your enemy's tail 100% of the time and get shots off that way, you're not doing it right."
Meanwhile, I have a harder time staying on people's tails in World of Warplanes than in this game.

[@Roblstar]

I have always been much more interested in exploring in elite.
But this last week, I really got my teeth into doing some conflict zones, to get the combat bonds needed for a few engineers.
It's been a very steep learning curve...
But the more I do, the more I see, in your vid's
I watched your thruster vid, a while back.
That was invaluable!
Cheers keep em coming.

[@VindicatorJones]

Glad that I could help, fly safe o7

[@wizzytimeless]

Good to see you back Cmdr...I learned an awful lot from your earlier tutorials, 3 years down the line, the methods still hold good...agree that the npc’s are a lot more aggressive but manageable...stay safe

[@glasfish]

I like the KW scanner grouped with the lasers. Thank you.

[@88HELLJUMPER88]

It's great to see this content again! I've been taking a small break from elite because of all the grief about carriers, you are too right! We need more positivity and some npc explosions!

[@joelfletcher3098]

Amazing piloting skills.

[@Nosican]

Thank you for the positive content!!! I have sorely needed this!

[@CommanderAscorbius]

I really enjoyed this. I've a soft spot for the ol' Viper :) Thanks for making this. Some decent combat tips too.. something I really need to get better at.

[@VindicatorJones]

Thanks so much mate! Love your stuff also.. love your character work!

[@perkypercy8458]

Welcome back VJ! I like the new logo. This video is a refreshing departure from all the fleet carrier business. Your videos back in the day are responsible for heavily influencing my combat skill. Keep up the good work and we all look forward to more videos! Fly Dangerous, CMDR! o7

[@GunpowderCoffee]

Imagine being some "Master" Pirate with thousands of credits worth of bounties on you and your endgame super ship and getting your power plant pushed through your cockpit by a viper. And with gimball weapons you always avoided because on your little spreadsheet the fixed weapons had more DPS.

[@the_omg3242]

Great video. I tend to avoid large targets when I'm flying small ships. (when I make a mistake I tend to die before I can recover from it)
One thing I noticed is that the sensor range seems to be set to maximum. I find it easier to leave it at minimum so I can tell where targets are in relation to me when they're not in front of me.
I've got an analog dial mapped to it so I can adjust it easy, but even the minimum range is further than you can maintain target lock.
Of course playing in VR helps a lot for situational awareness. It would be interesting to see how well Vidicator could do with VR or even TrackIR to look around with.

[@mynameisjundertag3568]

This was a very good video, if RUclips had a rate system definite 5 star, this was a fun vid to watch, and is a great vid to learn from. The best vid for Elite combat, 5 star.

[@skyecommander2169]

Welcome back! Small ships are way more fun than the big ones. I frequently leave my cutter home for my courier.

[@seb2750]

Hey hey welcome back matey! I was worried the Thargoids grabbed ya. Stay safe Cmdr o7

[@mikeinglis4705]

Really appreciate your videos...I've just gotten into combat and have been using your tactics advice extensively. I've got a long way to go but I'm so much further than if I was trying to figure it out on my own. Thanks!

[@VindicatorJones]

Great to hear, thanks!

[@kaizaki9148]

Nice to see a non fleet carrier video :D
Small ships are much fun

[@MayorBeeMayorBee]

Revisiting in 2021! Hoping to see more from Vindicator Jones in the future

[@vahnn0]

You should really target subsystems on bigger ships, especially Dangerous or higher ranked, as they often use SCBs and may have some engineering. You're really good at keeping a dominant position, and against most ships, that same position you take is great for hitting power plants. I bet you could have taken that Anaconda out much faster by destroying the plant instead of chewing through allllll that armor.
Great video, though, and great flying! Small ship vs big ship combat is my favorite!

[@nyxzorander]

Sweet paint job, I literally just grabbed the same one for my Viper.

[@Suitret]

BH with a small ship, cobra/viper/courier/vulture... there is literally no better way of having a good time in Elite D.
The sound of multicannons firing that close is a joy to my ears.

[@RagingPariah]

Great running explanation as you’re flying. That really helps provide insight into the magic moves. What can we do to get you to run a class? Sort of a space dojo? That’d be an evening well-spent!

[@oisnowy5368]

Looking forward to that anticipation video! It would be nice if you could touch on the subject of observation in that video as well.

[@TheDanslb]

please keep making vids. they are awesome

[@thomasbisset4544]

Great videos, helping me a lot with combat

[@Cetegus79]

Hey Vindicator , just found this vide and am so thankful you push small ship combat. They are sooo much fun to fly and what still keeps me in the game hours on end. Have a look at my Murder Eagle in my videos if you like, you might like the loadout.

[@6663000]

Awesome fights.
What a great game.

[@darthllama1]

This is only possible because despite what you say.. you're one of the best pilots in the game. A friend and I tried this a few days ago in 2 Vipers, we're both seasoned pilots and we couldn't drop a single target. No, we didn't have engineering, but there were two of us.
This is an entertaining video and it's cool that you made it, but this type of thing is not possible for a large number of players who simply can't fly like this.

[@VindicatorJones]

No way.. there are commanders out there MUCH more better than me.. MUCH MORE.. Trust me, you can do this too, but it does take practice... A good way to practice is to try and follow NPC pirates around in a hazres, but without firing on them.. Just get use to the controls, and focus on holding your position behind them.. Dont give up!

[@darthllama1]

@@VindicatorJones I'll do that, thanks VJ. Always love your videos just constantly marvel at how you're able to fly like that. Keep the content coming! :)

[@scootamcgruta]

Having a good control setup is pretty clutch too. I started with KB/M and my accuracy was great, but I couldn't maneuver to save my life.
Switched to a PS4 pad and while my accuracy went down, I could maneuver A LOT better. It made a world of difference, but I still couldn't figure out how to map all six axes in an intuitive way and have all the buttons for everything else you need too.
Finally bit the bullet and bought a HOTAS and I can safely say my combat is looking pretty similar to what VJ is pulling off in this video at this point. Still some mistakes in there like what he was complaining about, but I feel pretty good about the improvement. Mostly flying a half engineered Vulture for combat, and with it, I can manage to take down about any NPC in a one on one dogfight. My favorite was taking down an Elite rated FDL. Super long battle, ended with about 30% hull and needed a break after, but felt satisfying.
Like anything it takes practice. Maybe just hit a wall? Keep at it and you'll probably eventually find something on your own that clicks. It'll get you over and take you even further once it does.

[@R.D.R.NIGHTINGALE]

Some good tips here. When Im in Viper 3 if give too much space and the target rounds on me and we get into a jousting match. Keeping close on bigger less maneuverable ships is the key to success from what Ive seen. Mind you im still fairing well in the joust, but time to kill is brutal.

[@timothyholsti2534]

Miss seeing your videos bud, I hope you are doing well. Thanks for everything!

[@supermisfit99]

just found elite dangerous and just found your vids, amazing and thank you!

[@alpha-0874]

I miss the old viper meta from the pre-Vulture days.

[@JG27Korny]

As you go super close you do not need the A class kill warrant scanner, the lower classes take much less energy. Only the A rated kill warrant scanner is so power hungry, not a factor for a big ship but a huge improvement for a small ship, you will not even need power management to feed everything. And with that I can even mount 2 plasma and 2 rails, I have the power if I opt for class D kill warrant scanner.
I would go for the A class sensor too.

[@WhiteDeVil3]

My room mate recently bought Elite and accidentally (he didn't properly read the whole thing) took a mission to kill an Expert rank pirate (his 2nd or 3rd day playing the game).
So with his unengineered ViperMk3 (2x 2MC 2x 1BL all gimballed, D and B core internals, 3C Bi-Weave, lightweight alloys, some hull reinf) he flies into the Mission Target instance... (no Interdictor yet)
and his target turns out an Expert AI Fer De Lance xD
Got a bit scared of a larger, seemingly much faster moving ship, so he asked me to try take it down.
It turned out much easier than you'd think, so after I was done with such, I didn't even need to watch Jones' video to believe him that it's doable even against Elite AI and targets such as Pythons, Clippers etc.
You just need to be even more focused and patient.
Against AI at least it's more of an endurance/focus match than need for some crazyass dogfighting skills, where you constantly pull full speed, boosted, vertical thrusters turns with your FA off.
If you can get on its ass or close and on top/right below of it and maintain that - you're taking it down boy, like breaking a horse XD

[@siriusscepter]

Glad youre back!!!

[@DanTKD87]

Havanna Justice would be so proud.

[@VindicatorJones]

Sniff.... Thanks man..

[@slade_jacobs]

I'm still fairly new to the game, but my friends and I take a full wing of Viper MkIIIs in to Hazres routinely and take down every target we see regardless of size. Chieftains, Pythons, Anacondas... a completely unengineered wing of newbies in cheap ships can smoke them all with only occasional casualties when properly coordinated. Focus entirely on positioning, stay in tight and away from your target's nose, and you'll be fine.
It's probably not the "most efficient" way to make money, but we're having fun and turning a profit. Seeing as those are our two objectives I consider it a success.

[@jarinikkari4519]

Btw found a good way to practise maneuvering by taking a massacre mission, getting to site, picking a target and attacking right when they're going to jump. They are going to make moves on you but they won't shoot at you. Works at least on ps4.

[@galosphire]

know what you mean ive still got my viper and still love it

[@monkadelic13]

not a bad build. our vipers are not ment for haz res but to swarm larger ships. I think most of use of over 650 ms with some in the near 800 range

[@vengefire]

It's good to see you back VJ. When are you going to join the other handful of Ozzie's on the AXI discord? I don't believe I've seen you there. If you're suffering from the same ED fatigue I do after some time, believe me when I tell you that AX will get you back into the combat game. Swing around, it'd be great to say hi and wing up sometime.

[@jameswedding9635]

PVE is so much more tryhard than it used to be and I feel bad for the newer players that aren't wanting to try this hard but want to only play combat aspects of the game. I remember when the vulture came out and all you needed was a set of pulse lasers and an anaconda powerplant to mindlessly blast at while netflix was on the other monitor lol.

[@Puzzlers100]

When I decided to grind Tod Mquinn, I took out my eagle. I'm mostly harmless and took on a competent Krait NPC no problem. (granted, it didn't have shields, but still.) I'm currently building a new eagle called mosquito. 2 efficient thermal vent beams and an overcharged multi cannon (not sure what experimental effect, help me out), bi-weaves, and hull reinforcements everywhere else. I'd say it may actually be closer to a fighter than a ship (seriously, I have it planned out on coriolis with a 1c fuel tank, no scoop and d grade fsd.

[@justsomedude2603]

Hi mate I've only just discovered this game and as a space geek I absolutely love it. I've watched a lot of your videos and ask a favour. I love the combat but I suck. When in a RES I'm fine as generally the enemy ships aren't 100% focused on me, but the minute I find myself in a 1v1 I discover I'm not anywhere near as good as I thought.
Could you do a video in the training section of the game? Ive recently been doing the one where you need to survive waves of enemies as it's all 1v1. I feel watching you in a true 1v1 would really help me improve.

[@VindicatorJones]

Those training missions are BRUTAL.. dont worry if you cant complete them.. Frontier really need to re-tweak those training missions..

[@Popcorn_Assassin]

I like to stay on the side of the targets for defense because it seems easier to me and then go underneath to target the powerplant or take out the the biggest threatning or advantages module if possible to cripple or limp him. Kind of pealing him to death.

[@georgebrockwell229]

Wow the comparison between the early and this version are striking! I started playing for first time since the 80's and it's taken me a month to get able to survive for even a bit. I can't believe how tough some of these ships are. Really annoying how fast the shields come back up. If my shields are down in the FDR or Python they're down for ages, but not the AI's! Noticed the range to chase had halved in the later video too. Great work, useful series, thanks

[@ugli968]

Death of a legend

[@dac3952]

Hey! Thanks for all the amazing videos/tutorials, I'm learning a ton! Was wondering though, why don't you target thrusters, or his power plant during combat? What is the best module to target?
Thanks!

[@mobiuscoreindustries]

A very late repply, but this is mainly because of changes that frontier did to NPC modules way back. essentially, about 2 months after official launch, players realised that one of the best and most efficient ways to take down python class and above ships (especially when they had elite status) was to go for the powerplant. In the beta it wasn't unusual for people to target the FSD (to prevent ships from leaving) but then people realized that against elite ships, the powerplant would falter far before the hull itself and killing the reactor would imediatly blow the ship up, moreover as the powerplant got damaged, the ship would experience power malfunctions which COULD force the NPC ship to turn off systems in much the same way that a player would.
Sadly frontier didn't like that, so they changed the way NPCs manage their power and heat. In short, they don't. They have pretty much unlimited allocated power and heat which caused great stirr when that was paired with engineered modules in the early engineer era, where NPCs would not only get A ranked everything, and unlimited consumables, but also unlimited pips and could carry loadouts which would normally overload or fry a player ship. Technically, you can still go for the powerplant to at least disable the ship for a little while. However, this is likely futile as now it is a LOT harder to bring down the power plant before the rest of the ship goes down anyway, which is why you see commanders only focusing on either drives or FSD as it is a far more usefull target to strike, and only if they have a specific need to do so.

[@ozramblue117]

What about targeting modules? That was a thing back when I used to play this (before my pc broke down).

[@tommytukka7034]

Where are you, hope your ok..

[@williamvorkosigan5151]

Great Build. Deep Charge rather than Mass Manager for lower than Grade 5 FSDs. It uses slightly more power but it doesn't effect you Priorities on the build. Are Kill Warrant Scanners still worth it after the Nerf? Swapping for an extra Shield booster eliminates all power issues but it does smash down the Jump Range.

[@tomasl8013]

please come back

[@Shenron67]

My shieldless Cobra like this video. My biggest problem is ammo, I'm using multicannon with the experimental effect making thermal damage (forgot the name) to get the shield down.
This and the shield cell which make me use even more ammo.
But there's nothing better than raming an Anaconda and make more damage than my Cobra even take.

[@superdahoho]

can you make a few more videos showing how you're using the thrusters?
I am loving these ones

[@kailoYT]

Hey Jones, you get a lot more credits for bounty hunting these days. ;)

[@ferociouzmonk]

he vindicator. how do you keep yourself behind them mostly? and when they manage to turn how to get behind them again without cat and mouse turning each other? i always fly close before engaging but quickly get turned upon.

[@VindicatorJones]

I will be releasing a video series later covering many of these topics.

[@justinparry5197]

Vindicator Jones can’t wait!

[@ferociouzmonk]

@Vindicator Jones when is the video? 🤔

[@pipacslevente5355]

Hey, you're making really good vids, your combat tips helped me a lot in my recent fights😆 I'm flying a Krait MK II and found it pretty cool for combat. I have 2D beam laser for shield melting and 3C multi&3A seeker for the afterparty. My firepower is enough now, also there's an: 7A powerplant, 7A power distributor, 6A thrusters, and for defence a military grade comp, 5A prismatic shield gen, several reinforcement package. Pretty strong, i mean i can take out deadly anacondas without problem. But it still feels bit slow to turn, and descend&elevate. So what should i do in order to solve these manouverability problems, what would you recommed? Ah, and welcome back😁

[@VindicatorJones]

Engineer your drives to Dirty Drives level 5 with Drag Drives Special Effect. This will increase your top speed and give you better thruster response. Thats about it im afraid.. You could try to lighten your ship also, but in my experience it the change is negligible.

[@pipacslevente5355]

@@VindicatorJones thx for the tipp, gonna try that😉

[@sirenia755]

combat might be fun but not profitable not enough to keep you in CR, but trading does
as seen in get a bounty of 88,590 cr on a imperial clipper where Tobacco at 5,035 CR and a python with 256 cargo space can net you 1,288,960 cr for one trip, I did combat and racked up 12 bounty and it came to 1,122,243 cr, 12 trips selling Tobacco would giving me 15,467,520 cr.

[@scottwhite1938]

sirenia if you get the right contracts you can easily make 20 million in a run one system over

[@F1ashingblade]

If you're after cr then nothing beats mining, or Robigo Mines. 100,000,000 per hour mining, 80,000,000 per hour running Python build Robigo Mines to Sothis trips.

[@VindicatorJones]

If credits are what I need, I spend 2 hours low temp diamond mining and rake in about 350 to 450 million credits

[@giantnerd14]

See, this is the sort of stuff I want to do in Elite (just not good enough yet). Just crushing the AI in the large combat ships isn't as fun as dogfighting.

[@maximilianyuen]

i find your lack of thrusters in the opening spaceship disturbing lol

[@jarinikkari4519]

I really would like to see fdl pitted up against alliance ships and fas cuz i find them reverse turning and boosting more often and therefore prove to be more challenging. Hard to keep position and even harder to get into position. I've been practinsing with fdl and in the beginnig it was a challenge to even survive long enough to learn from the encounter.

[@Josh-bb3xi]

"You guys should think about doing this, too! It's a blast!"
Me: I've been doing that for 2000 hours.
Granted, half of it is spent engineering or staring at outfitting.

[@AC_Bikes_400]

Awesome vid. Any chance of that engineered krait mk2 build upload popping up any time soon?

[@tonileidinger9001]

i would love to see a combat video in the krait phantom

[@madddog7]

Please do a combat tactics series !!!

[@VindicatorJones]

I am working on a 5 part video series right now... it will take a while though.

[@Phoros]

Really wish small ships were more viable for PvP though, I like the idea of being nimble and more like a glass cannon than drifting around in the larger ships that handle like bricks

[@totoc1122]

Hey VJ, thank you for the (very impressive) video full of cool tips !
I was wondering ... I saw on your first video regarding small ships and big bounties that you were using pulse laser.
What would be your insight about the fact that you used beam lasers on this one ? Are they better ?
I struggle myself to decide if I want Pulses or Beams for my Cobra mk3.
Thanks ! :)

[@goldridder]

Whelp ... After I’ve FINALLY mastered combat in the Asp Explorer ... You make me look like a total chump.
Back to the Viper I go😂

[@scaredpaul540]

Jones please comeback to ED... you was my favorite

[@gussinger6939]

Nice video! I still try to figure out if i can kill someone in this game without any mission and still get something out of it

[@richski8061]

Hey VJ. There seem to be a few different flight styles around, permananet FA off, turn only FA off and of course FA on. I don't suppose you'd be up for doing a tutorial on your flight style?... :)

[@VindicatorJones]

I am working on a new combat tactics series. It will be about 5 videos, I am still working out the structure of it, and it will take quite some time to make, but its in the works.

[@jaymzstealth]

How do you stay on him so well I've watched a few of your combat videos and I just can't keep them in view for long I try to get under or above using vertical thrusters but every encounter end up the same where by the time I have them in sight there flying towards me at speed shooting and then the cycle repeats

[@scootamcgruta]

He does a lot of talk about "anticipating the turn" in those joust scenarios where he starts turning and many times goes FA off for the drift effect before the enemy passes. That way when they go by, you're already facing that direction and can throttle up or even boost to catch up and get behind them. That's the best way to close the gap and stop jousting over and over. If the enemy gets too far away, this will happen over and over so you gotta try to stay close

[@donkidave]

Nice video.
Do those small MCs not take a very long time to kill anything tho? Would cytos and medium MCs not do a better job? powerplay I know but they are very good for their size. Should kill shields quicker, then I guess its a trade off of sm MCs + med beams vs med MCs, would your PD power the former enough for them to out perform the latter?

[@Angel_Underscore]

how are the enemy ships reverse turning with their main drives on?
why is he not targeting any modules?

[@davidchandler5432]

I have a question about your build-- I see you had enhanced thrusters fitted with a top boost of 544, but regular 3A thrusters (with the same dirty/drag engineering) would have a top speed of 577 with your loadout since the regular thrusters can handle the weight better. I am wondering if there's any benefit the enhanced thrusters have here, like do they have even more powerful lateral thrusters or something? Even if the top speed is lower?
My G5'd Viper I like to use for fun is similar, but I opted for the regular thrusters since I noticed I am quite a bit faster than using engineered enhanced thrusters when having an actual combat loadout. But that's just boost speed, and I never tested to see if my thrustering would be better with G5'd enhanced thrusters (and I use a lotta thrustering to stay behind everyone, so that matters more for me than boost speed).
I could see this being a situation where either I was unaware that enhanced thrusters are indeed "better" if ya want more oomph for your thrusters, or you just happened to have G5'd enhanced thrusters ready to go and didn't see regular thrusters would be faster. No worries either way, I just noticed it and was curious.

[@joelfletcher3098]

Are you using a hotas, or a controller? Just wondering how you keep your throttle from constantly getting stuck in neutral after having to make a hard reverse thrust, or throttling down to a reverse thrust, and instead of actually firing reverse thrusters, you’re stuck in neutral because you have to release the left bumper after hitting zero thrust, then hit it again to start reverse thrust. I constantly find myself thinking I’m using forward or reverse thrust, only to find out I’m at zero percent in either direction.

[@cicicarl2963]

that's what i'm trying to achieve : the honeybird style.

[@cubbykovu8955]

Be more freeflowing and less predictable and stop anticipating turns XD

[@TakaChan569]

i know this is an old video, but as someone who just got started in ED do i have to do Engineering(i hate crafting) to enjoy combat? I'm all pve, so i mostly do hauling and some bountys on the side.

[@Aiur4HB]

No, you do not have to have engineering to enjoy it. Engineering makes the tools you have better, like weapons. So you may enjoy combat more and win more due to the better tools. But even if you do not use engineering you will still have a blast.

[@joelfletcher3098]

To be completely honest, you can’t compete without fully engineered ships. With the AI now being ranked, and equipped accordingly, you can have a cutter completely decked out with unengineered modules, and get smoked by an elite krait. Likewise, as vindicator showed, you can take an engineered viper and take out a fairly well engineered conda. A fully engineered anaconda can take out any npc easily. I had a mission send anacondas against my cargo cutter. All dangerous and above. I took out 2, and when the third interdicted me, an elite pilot, as I was destroying him, a random elite type 10 jumped in and I was able to destroy both with little effort. They got my shields down to one and a half rings. An unengineered cutter, or vette, for that matter, probably would have cost me my cargo…and a costly rebuy.

[@joelfletcher3098]

Also, if you’re in a conflict zone, and the spec ops come in, they’re all flying fully G5 engineered ships. Makes for some fun fights. Then there’s the super special ops force, I can’t remember what they’re called, but they’re basically flying ships with the firepower of a space station. You can’t beat them, even fully engineered. But having an engineered ship may, I mean, may, give you enough time to jump away. They come in in waves of like 20 ships, one wave after another.

[@yggorF]

Oh my god I suck at flying I can't manage to keep myself behind them haha

[@RenzorTheRed]

So what'd you do to your power plant and distributor? How are they engineered?

[@PolarBull665]

Nice small ship vs large/medium dog fighting. Thanks for putting naysayers to bed.

[@Krosis_]

Hey, I've been watching your videos for a couple of day now and I learned a ton in short tiemespan. I'm no longer dying to every ship looking at me and iI can mostly stay in a goodsafe position and dish out damage. However, when fighting some ships, they sometimes boost away and then do 180 turn, facing me, and start damaging me before I can get back into position.
From what I've seen in your videos (and I hope I understood correctly), when they come towards me (joust?) I down thrust, point my nose up and then up thrust to be back on their tail as they pass me. I also go FAOFF during the turn and then FAON when I face them again.
Problem is by the time I finished my turn there is so much distance between us that they can just do that all over again and I take too much damage in the process... Any tips? :D
Currently in a Python with no engineering (started playing about a week ago).
PS. thank you for your guides, very explicit and easy to understand. The box with thruster direction was a godsend as well :P

[@EZHEVNKA]

where is new videos?

[@deejnutz2068]

Am I the only person that uses cargo scoop or landing gear to control my speed during boosts?

[@knights14forest]

How did you get the purple interior? looks so nice

[@bender222]

I see you like to be up close, wouldnt fragment cannons be more effective?

[@jSlazer1988]

"track not found"
"video un available"
shame, I really liked the track from when you were messing up that anaconda.

[@technoviking2415]

With an engineered ship its fine always has been

[@dumpsterfire0718]

You can take down most A.I pilots with a moderately engineered Viper Mk3
Uness they are Elite. Then you run.

[@4shtia]

Any advice for a new player still in the permit systems and trying to do a bit of everything before setting off into the wide world?

[@VindicatorJones]

Take your time, and learn how to maneuver your ship using thrusters and get a good feel for swapping between pips especially during combat. ED has a steep learning curve, so dont worry if it takes you some time.

[@Isoquant]

Anyone have any insights into the build? Link in the description isn’t working

[@VindicatorJones]

Try this long link.. coriolis.io/outfit/viper?code=A4p5tzF5l8dasdf20s0s2424040jB41F1F1E252525.Iw18UA%3D%3D.CwBhGYyqEYCYwxlIA%3D%3D%3D.H4sIAAAAAAAAA42RrU4DURCFB9ol%2B1O6uWVbNhBIoBcM8AAkJFSiCAmmEk0QFQjEGmxTUVESJA%2BAQPIAfQwEEgMSAWUOM5t00goSVpycvee7d%2BeeJQ6J6CcQmQxFks4EcIWIf20SYYGPLS9EwnFElB59Aq2HVPJFbll%2BLZL6LyDb%2FAaamudPVaJ2b1XICq8ZeTMlG88JUVbIl%2FIXSRDwoUG3IlGNgXjkiLbUbavbUberDiGfG94XCS5kuqWrDyDvvAPt4RuA6D9QzF2DKiJVnS7orgv5uCxXKKdLZqD%2BX1CNTwy610Z7Mq5T8YNY8jqfWn6pPWhP7kwa82VPDT6wfKT7N%2BRn1PVop84PtPYV3jfobh7S3OsrMt6bQomuzhxS5qC55xejKVLSCwIAAA%3D%3D.EweloBhAWEoUwIYHMA28QgIwWlfcQA%3D%3D&bn=death%20viper

[@liammulholland4740]

@@VindicatorJones main coriolis site is down, I believe only people that have it cached can access it. But coriolis.sourcebin.org works for now